David J. Luke-s Affirmative Action and Black Student Success is a concrete and comprehensive exploration into diversity programs on college campuses and their impact on Black student success and outcomes. Viewed over the span of twelve years, three large, public universities in the United States and Canada provide dynamic settings for this book-s comparative focus on diversity initiatives.
The author identifies key regional and national differences between these settings, as well as differences in the way diversity is framed and understood to illustrate how diversity programs and policies are shaped and the extent and ways in which these programs and policies then shape student experiences and outcomes. The values and meanings organizations ascribe to diversity, inclusion, and equity are frequently in transition, and the book-s compelling analysis conveys the importance of race in these contexts - when racism is presumed to be in decline, as is the case in colorblindnes
